shirakawa violated the law and the faith that the residents of santa clara county had placed in him. >> santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen announced criminal charges against county supervisor george shirakawa jr. >> four felony counts of perjury, one felony count of misappropriating public money, and seven misdemeanors for failing to file accurate campaign reports. >> investigators say shirakawa used taxpayer and campaign donation money as his own and some of it went to support his gambling addiction which shirakawa admitted to when he resigned in response to the charges. he said he also suffers from depression and he apologizes for his actions. >> this is an extraordinary situation and it called for extraordinary measures and right now the extraordinary measures is that he's resigning. >> the san jose residents we spoke to say it was the right move. >> i think it is the right thing. there's a lot of controversy missappropriation of funds and campaign funds. it was like the icing on the cake. overall its best that he step down. >> in addition to that he admits to plead g